Around 50,000 years ago, the continent of Asia was connected with North America by the Bering Land Bridge. The first native tribes traveled across the stretch of land, possibly motivated by climate change, animal movement, as well as other factors. These aboriginal people's lifestyle was affected and dependent on their environment.
Throughout North America ancient native artifacts have been discovered and recorded with radio carbon dating, way back to 10,000 years. One area where artifacts have been uncovered in Canada, was the Charlie Lake Caves.
In all of North America, Native Tribes were divided into six sections according to their lifestyles, the environment influenced the way the people lived and developed.
Here are the six groups of natives:
Pacific / Northwest / B.C. Coast
Plains & Prairies
Eastern Woodland
Northwest Territories
Iroquois
Inuit
"We see quite clearly that what happens
to the nonhuman happens to the human.
What happens to the outer world
happens to the inner world.
If the outer world is diminished in its grandeur
then the emotional, imaginative,
intellectual, and spiritual life of the human
is diminished or extinguished.
Without the soaring birds, the great forests,
the sounds and coloration of the insects,
the free-flowing streams, the flowering fields,
the sight of the clouds by day
and the stars at night, we become impoverished
in all that makes us human."
to the nonhuman happens to the human.
What happens to the outer world
happens to the inner world.
If the outer world is diminished in its grandeur
then the emotional, imaginative,
intellectual, and spiritual life of the human
is diminished or extinguished.
Without the soaring birds, the great forests,
the sounds and coloration of the insects,
the free-flowing streams, the flowering fields,
the sight of the clouds by day
and the stars at night, we become impoverished
in all that makes us human."
